11-letter words containing a, r, n, d
- grand canal — a canal in E China, extending S from Tientsin to Hangchow. 900 miles (1450 km) long.
- grand chain — a figure in formation dances, such as the lancers and Scottish reels, in which couples split up and move around in a circle in opposite directions, passing all other dancers until reaching their original partners
- grand duchy — a territory ruled by a grand duke or grand duchess.
- grand falls — former name of Churchill Falls.
- grand final — the final game of the season in any of various sports, esp football
- grand forks — a town in E North Dakota.
- grand haven — a city in W Michigan.
- grand juror — a person serving on a grand jury.
- grand manan — a Canadian island at the entrance to the Bay of Fundy: a part of New Brunswick; summer resort. 57 sq. mi. (148 sq. km).
- grand march — the opening ceremonies of a formal ball, in which guests promenade into or around the ballroom.
- grand monde — fashionable society; high society
- grand mufti — a Muslim religious leader.
- grand opera — a serious, usually tragic, opera in which most of the text is set to music.
- grand piano — a piano having the frame supported horizontally on three legs.
- grand river — former name of the Colorado River above its junction with the Green River in SE Utah.
- grand terre — Grande-Terre
- grand theft — stealing large amount
- grand total — final sum or amount
- grand-scale — of large proportion, extent, magnitude, etc.: grand-scale efforts; a grand-scale approach.
- grandbabies — Plural form of grandbaby.
- grande dame — a usually elderly woman of dignified or aristocratic bearing.
- grandfather — the father of one's father or mother.
- grandiflora — any of several plant varieties or hybrids characterized by large showy flowers, as certain kinds of petunias, baby's breath, or roses.
- grandiosely — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- grandiosity — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- grandmaster — the head of a military order of knighthood, a lodge, fraternal order, or the like.
- grandmother — the mother of one's father or mother.
- grandnephew — a son of one's nephew or niece.
- grandnieces — Plural form of grandniece.
- grandparent — a parent of a parent.
- grandstands — Plural form of grandstand.
- granduncles — Plural form of granduncle.
- grangerized — Simple past tense and past participle of grangerize.
- granny bond — (in Britain) an informal name for retirement issue certificate, an index-linked savings certificate, originally available only to people over retirement age
- grant-aided — given financial assistance by an organization
- gravidation — (obsolete) gravidity.
- green alder — a variety of alder (Alnus viridis) common in temperate areas of the northern hemisphere
- green audit — the process of assessing the environmental impact of an organization, process, project, product, etc.: A green audit of your home can reveal ways in which you can reduce energy consumption.
- green gland — one of the pair of excretory organs in each side of the head region of decapod crustaceans, emptying at the base of the antennae.
- green salad — salad consisting of lettuce, etc.
- greenlander — a self-governing island belonging to Denmark, located NE of North America: the largest island in the world. About 844,000 sq. mi. (2,186,000 sq. km); about 700,000 sq. mi. (1,800,000 sq. km) icecapped. Capital: Godthåb.
- greenlandic — a dialect of Inuit, spoken in Greenland.
- greenswards — Plural form of greensward.
- grenadelike — Resembling a grenade (weapon).
- grind crank — A mythical accessory to a terminal. A crank on the side of a monitor, which when operated makes a zizzing noise and causes the computer to run faster. Usually one does not refer to a grind crank out loud, but merely makes the appropriate gesture and noise. See grind. Historical note: At least one real machine actually had a grind crank - the R1, a research machine built toward the end of the days of the great vacuum tube computers, in 1959. R1 (also known as "The Rice Institute Computer" (TRIC) and later as "The Rice University Computer" (TRUC)) had a single-step/free-run switch for use when debugging programs. Since single-stepping through a large program was rather tedious, there was also a crank with a cam and gear arrangement that repeatedly pushed the single-step button. This allowed one to "crank" through a lot of code, then slow down to single-step for a bit when you got near the code of interest, poke at some registers using the console typewriter, and then keep on cranking.
- grindelwald — a valley and resort in central Switzerland, in the Bernese Oberland: mountaineering centre, with the Wetterhorn and the Eiger nearby
- groenendael — former name of Belgian sheepdog.
- ground bait — chum2 (def 1).
- ground ball — a batted ball that rolls or bounces along the ground.
- ground bass — a short fundamental bass part continually repeated throughout a movement.